Michael Barrie

Películas

National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
Writer
America's three top leisure-time activities come roaring to life in National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins. This film consists of three short stories: Greed (Joe Mantegna), Anger (Andrew Clay) and Lust (Denis Leary).
Dos policías rebeldes
Screenplay
Un alijo de heroína valorada en unos 100 millones de dólares es robado del mismísimo depósito de la policía. El caso le será asignado a los agentes Burnett y Lowery, una pareja muy peculiar por los métodos que utilizan. La única pista que tienen para comenzar es la de un testigo que les ayudará a identificar a los atracadores y a la que tendrán que proteger.
Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
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Newswoman Fay Sommerfield takes a morally outraged look at excessive violence, bad language and sacrilege that pass for entertainment in the early 90s. She illustrates this with clips from (fake) current hit films and music videos.
Oscar ­ ¡Quita Las Manos!
Screenplay
Un famoso contrabandista promete a su padre, cuando éste está a punto de fallecer, convertirse en un hombre decente y devolver la honra al nombre de la familia. Pero naturalmente, el paso a la honradez no le resultará fácil y tendrá que enfrentarse a parientes, amigos y enemigos.
Amazonas en la luna
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Conjunto de veinte historietas narradas en forma de sketches donde se ridiculizan los programas más clásicos de la televisión americana.
Many Happy Returns
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In this satire of the I.R.S., George Segal plays an Average Joe targeted for the Audit from Hell. His bank accounts are frozen, his home and business are attached by the government, and his wife leaves him. Segal is forced to move into the house of his obnoxious brother-in-law where lot of Odd Couple-type comedy ensues. Segal then plots to turn the tables on the I.R.S., and win back his wife and life.
El Juego de las Audiencias
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La lucha por los índices de audiencia lleva a Vic a manipular los datos de su programa en una pequeña cadena televisiva. Esto hará que su popularidad aumente y se convierta en una estrella de la pantalla.
Chicas con gancho
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Falk es el representante de una pareja de lucha libre femenina: "The California Dolls". Los tres lucharán para abandonar los circuitos de mala muerte y dar el salto a los de mayor categoría.
The Selling of Vince D'Angelo
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Danny DeVito stars in and directs this critically acclaimed short film which was part of the ground breaking HBO/Cinemax anthology series, "Likely Stories." Danny plays corrupt Congressman Vince D'Angelo who is making a sleazy run to become Senator of New Jersey. In the process he spreads vicious rumors about his running mates and uses incendiary campaign commercials to get himself elected. His campaign is derailed when he is caught-on-tape giving a bribe to a G-man posing as a mobster. His response to the "Mobscam" debacle is to claim he was "conducting his own investigation" and then fakes an 11th hour assassination on himself to engender voter sympathy.
Focus on Fishko
Script
This short film satirizes French auteur theory. An earnest critic rediscovers washed-up director Seymour Z. Fishko ("Revenge of the 80-Foot Stripper," "They Froze Hitler's Head," "Dragstrip Mummy") and makes a documentary about his life and work.